Example sentences of "but in [det] [noun] [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've seen one other case — where a woman fell on her face — but in that case she had other facial injuries which Lewis did n't have .
2 It 's been two years in the studio but in that time we 've probably only spent four months recording . ’
3 The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter .
4 But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish .
5 It was designed as a safety net , but in many respects it has now become a high wire for farmers .
6 It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes .
7 But in many ways it 's been enlightening , exciting , stimulating , and above all enjoyable .
8 But in many ways you 've always been a very old-fashioned girl .
9 There is certainly a good argument that in some situations shellac would not be an adequately strong finish , but in this case we had a fine table with a burr walnut surface which should be treated with a certain amount of care and respect in general use .
10 The people of Lewis do not always present a sympathetic profile but in this case they had my sympathy and for two reasons .
11 He was famous for picking sportsmen young and preparing them for success ; but in this case he had picked an apparent no-hoper like Harley , who immediately confirmed his judgement by notching up three tournament victories .
12 The tale is all too familiar , but in this case it has a tragic poignancy : Leopold 's heart was broken by his son 's defection , and the rift between them remained unhealed even at the old man 's death .
13 Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child .
14 Traditionally , African beer is drunk from a large cup , passed round the groups of drinkers , but in this village they had a different technique : they brewed the stuff in an old oil drum and served it up in buckets .
15 But in this letter I have been quite bold about certain subjects … .
16 It 's er , it 's not , it 's just one of the most undervalued words in the English language , we use it for everything but in this context we 've got ta see it clothed wi with dignity and all the glory that it deserves , God loved her !
17 ‘ As it happens , I think prevention is better than cure , but in some cases I 've found that safety procedures leave a lot to be desired . ’
18 In general these movements have operated only at grass-roots level , but in some areas they have been joining up to form networks of organisations of the urban poor .
19 Phylloxera is generally considered to be the greatest disaster in French viticultural history , but in some respects it has also been a blessing .
20 But in any event I 've known all along that you were involved with Elise .
21 But in any event I have to say that I find the judge 's reasons unconvincing and would not be minded to follow them unless we were under an obligation so to do .
22 But in any case it has been clearly apparent to all fieldworking anthropologists for at least sixty years that the various kinds of performance which have , in the past , been assigned to the categories " magic " , " religion " , " magico-religious " , are expressions of artistic creativity rather than misguided attempts to control the material world by mechanical means .
23 But in any case I 'd chucked all me things in the cemetery , you know , and that 's so when they caught up with me I had n't got any newspapers .
24 I mean today , you 've got to be an educated man to know how to even , they 've got er tractors and everything , but in those days you 'd got to set your plough furrow out so as you you could run your plough down your first one , and then as you as you ploughed your first furrow out you 'd got to plough your next one into it .
25 but in another way it 's got ta be given I suppose .
26 Each state has , in some states you can be eighteen and carry a gun but in another state you 've got ta be twenty one , they make all different laws .
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